The European Prize promotes the characters of excellence in the designing and building of new urban neighborhoods and aims at enhancing the European genius of building the fundamental matrix of the traditional city: the mixed-use urban neighborhood. The European Prize aims at encouraging the creation of new mixed-use urban neighborhoods conceived and designed according to the principles of Sustainable Development and the EU Green Paper for the Urban Environment. Participation to the European Prize is open to architects, engineers, urbanists, municipalities, public and private associations, public and private agencies, by proposing the Best Urban Neighborhood built in Europe in the last 25 years. Submission forms should be related to: - new urban enighborhoods - renaissance and renewal of existing urban neighborhoods - combination of new construction and restoration in operation of Urban Renaissance In order to be eligible, proposed interventions should: - organically fit within the traditional urban morphology of the city - present an architecture that improves and enriches the regional character In occasion of the official cerimony of the 2008 edition, a series of events and publications will be presented such as: - an international exhibition of Architecture and Urbanism at the Foundation for the Architecture in Bruxelles. The exhibition will be later presented in Bologna at the A Vision of Europe Triennale V, and in several European cities in 2009; - the publication of the Atlas of the European Urban Neighbohood, including the most comprehensive collection of historical and contemporary urban neighborhoods in Europe; - the opening of a web-site dedicated to the Urban Neighbohood An International Jury will select the Best New Urban Neighborhood in Europe and the awarded neighborhoods will receive the prize during a cerimony including the donation to the city of a commemorative bronze plate to be applied at the entrance of the neighborhood
THE BEST URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD IN EUROPE: A PRIZE TO THE BEST NEW URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD BUILT IN EUROPE IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, organized by CIVICARCH Lab-University of Ferrara (Engineering Department), Fondation Pour l'Architecture Brussels, Prix Rotthier pour la Reconstruction de La Ville, A Vision of Europe - 2008, October - Bruxelles, Fondation Pour l'Architecture, 55 Rue de l'Ermitage (with the High Patronage of The Italian Ministry for Foreign Trade)
TAGLIAVENTI, Gabriele;BUCCI, Alessandro
2008
Abstract
The European Prize promotes the characters of excellence in the designing and building of new urban neighborhoods and aims at enhancing the European genius of building the fundamental matrix of the traditional city: the mixed-use urban neighborhood. The European Prize aims at encouraging the creation of new mixed-use urban neighborhoods conceived and designed according to the principles of Sustainable Development and the EU Green Paper for the Urban Environment. Participation to the European Prize is open to architects, engineers, urbanists, municipalities, public and private associations, public and private agencies, by proposing the Best Urban Neighborhood built in Europe in the last 25 years. Submission forms should be related to: - new urban enighborhoods - renaissance and renewal of existing urban neighborhoods - combination of new construction and restoration in operation of Urban Renaissance In order to be eligible, proposed interventions should: - organically fit within the traditional urban morphology of the city - present an architecture that improves and enriches the regional character In occasion of the official cerimony of the 2008 edition, a series of events and publications will be presented such as: - an international exhibition of Architecture and Urbanism at the Foundation for the Architecture in Bruxelles. The exhibition will be later presented in Bologna at the A Vision of Europe Triennale V, and in several European cities in 2009; - the publication of the Atlas of the European Urban Neighbohood, including the most comprehensive collection of historical and contemporary urban neighborhoods in Europe; - the opening of a web-site dedicated to the Urban Neighbohood An International Jury will select the Best New Urban Neighborhood in Europe and the awarded neighborhoods will receive the prize during a cerimony including the donation to the city of a commemorative bronze plate to be applied at the entrance of the neighborhoodI documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
